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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Not an Armoire. Not a Memoir. A Kimoir!

This is a photo I had Mark take when I signed with my agent in the Winter of 2007. That's my contract.

Soon I'll have a photo of me signing the contract for my book deal for, "All I Can Handle. I'm No Mother Teresa." which will debut next Fall from Skyhorse Publishing, in NY. I'm really excited to be working with them!

It's a non-fic book about maintaining a sense of humor and surviving (drumroll please) 3 job losses, plus 5 moves in 4 years to 3 states, while raising 3 girls with autism - and ending up moderately sane and pretty darn happy.

It's not a recovery story or a "me poor lady" story. It's not even an autism story - not at it's heart. It could be about any life changing disability striking a family on top of major league money woes. For us, that means autism.

Most Americans are facing a money crunch these days - how do you maintain your pride and self worth when your "station" in life changes? What does that even mean? I'm not going to tell you what to do when your financial status changes from an Escalade to an Escort. Or when your basic assumptions about marriage and children are turned inside out over and over, year after year.

I will share how one family, this family, has faced more changes than Cher in concert and come out on top. And I hope you'll laugh a lot, cry a bit and feel confident that you too can hang tough when you close the book.

OH MY GOSH!!! I AM SOOOOO EXCITED FOR YOU!! This is the most fabulous news ever and it couldn't happen to a more-deserving person! I cannot wait to read your book! I know it is going to me amazing, inspiring, and hilarious -- just like you! xoxoxoxo a thousand times!

Kim ... I can think of nobody more deserving of a #1 bestseller! I think we should all pitch in like we did with EOH to get it to a #1 best seller on Amazon! I will buy multiple copies for all my friends. Your story needs to be told. I've always been in awe of you ever since Sarge introduced me to your blog a few years ago ... three girls with autism and she was still so funny - I was still in my anger stage back then having just begun my biomedical journey ... will we be able to preorder on Amazon?